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Viet Nam: UN rights office denounces ‘increasing clampdown’ on freedom of expression

Viet Nam: UN rights office denounces ‘increasing clampdown’ on freedom of expression

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:51 pm

The UN human rights office (OHCHR), on Friday, voiced concerns over the use of “vaguely defined laws” in Viet Nam, to arbitrarily detain an increasing number of journalists, bloggers, commentators and rights defenders, amidst what appears to be part of an “increasing clampdown” on the freedom of expression in the country.